{"product_id":"the-cleveland-connection-a-milan-jacovich-mystery-9781598510041","title":"The Cleveland Connection: A Milan Jacovich Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrivate investigator Milan Jacovich (MY-lan YOCK-ovich), a Slovenian-American, is familiar with the wide variety of ethnic groups that make up the city of Cleveland -- especially those in his old neighborhood. When an elderly Serbian goes missing and his granddaughter suspects foul play, Milan takes up the search. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the meantime, Milan's good friend, Plain Dealer reporter Ed Stahl, has written a column critical of the gangster element on Cleveland's Murray Hill, and is now being threatened and harassed, which brings Milan into direct conflict with a millionaire garbage hauler and an out-of-town muscle punk named Nello Trinetti. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Serbs and the Slovenians traditionally don't get along too well, but Milan makes inroads into Cleveland's Serbian community after a shocking murder, eventually coming face-to-face with its unofficial mayor, Lazo Samarzic, an angry and militant man who runs a produce stand in the historic old West Side Market. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHatreds that have simmered for fifty years eventually explode as Milan Jacovich takes on one of his most challenging cases. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoberts, Les:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Les Roberts is the author of 16 mystery novels featuring Cleveland detective Milan Jacovich, as well as 11 other books of fiction. The past president of both the Private Eye Writers of America and the American Crime Writer's League, he came to mystery writing after a 24-year career in Hollywood. He was the first producer and head writer of the Hollywood Squares and wrote for The Andy Griffith Show, The Jackie Gleason Show, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E., among others. He has been a professional actor, a singer, a jazz musician, a teacher, and a film critic. In 2003 he received the Sherwood Anderson Literary Award. A native of Chicago, he now lives in Northeast Ohio.","brand":"Gray \u0026 Company Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50474033053970,"sku":"9781598510041","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_24f355aa-74f1-49f2-9e77-8455bf282400.jpg?v=1730211453","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cleveland-connection-a-milan-jacovich-mystery-9781598510041","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}